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Tunney vs Frazier

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TunneyWinner
84.4

Tunney wins: Dominance

Frazier
84.3

Frazier wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Gene Tunney
84.4

Tunney leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Beat Jack Dempsey twice and retired as undefeated heavyweight champion.

1. Gene Tunney
84.4
2. Joe Frazier
84.3

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Joe Frazier5 years played · career day 2,19122 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Gene Tunney5 years played · career day 4,3828 title wins
-63.6% vs Frazier at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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🇺🇸 Frazier00041527

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 years are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricTunneyRetiredFrazierRetired
World heavyweight titles1
Professional wins65
Career losses1
Knockouts4827
Title defences24
World titles1
Olympic golds1
Career wins32
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year2
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7476
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Tunney84.4
Frazier84.3
The people
Tunney
Frazier

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